Coin-carrier.



No. 682,496. Patented Sept. m, won.

E. W. ROBERTS. COIN CARRIER.

(Application filed Mai. 5, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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EPEGIFECATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 682,496, dated September 10, 1901.

Application filed March 5, 1901.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELLwooD WALTER ROBERTS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Ooin-Oarrier, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved coin-carrier which is simple and durable in construction and arranged to receive and safely hold a coin for shipment in an envelop or the like and without requiring the operator to do any pasting or gumming to form a pocket for the coin.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claim.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a plan view of the improvement in an open position. Fig. 2 is a like view of the same partly folded. Fig. 3 is a similar View of the same completely folded, and Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 4-. 4: in Fig. 3 and inclosed Within an envelop.

The improved coin-carrier consists, essentially, of a main body portion A, which maybe used as a memorandum for indicating the senders intentions in regard to money forwarded, and at one end of this body portion A is integrally and foldingly connected an approximately triangularly shaped back flap B, having its hypotenuse C on the folding or creased line indicated by creases, perforations, printed lines, or the like. To the sides of the flap B are integrally and foldingly connected triangularly-shaped flaps D D, adapted to fold along the creases or printed lines 0 0 upon the front of a coin E, placed upon the back flap B when the latter is extended in alinement with the main body portion A. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) When the flaps D D are folded over upon the coin E, as shown in Fig. 2, then their adjacent edges meet over the coin, while their inner sides are approximately in alinement with the line O, and

when the pocket thus formed is now folded Serial No. 49,755- (No model.)

over along the line 0, upon the main or body portion A, as shown in Fig. 3, then the side flaps D D rest on the face of the body portion A, and consequently the coin is securely inclosed within the pocket and cannot slip out of the pocket as long as said pocket is in this folded position. The body portion A, with the pocket and coin, may now be placed in an envelop F for sending it by mail or otherwise to its destination.

From the foregoing it is evident that the user of the coin-carrier can readily place the coin in position on the back flap A and then fold the front flaps D D over the coin and finally fold the pocket upon the main portion A to securely hold the coin in place. Thus very little work is required on the part of the user, and no gumming, pasting, or the like whatever is necessary to form the pocket and hold the coin in position therein. It will also be seen that very little material is required for forming the pocket, as the proportions of the flaps BD D are so selected that when the flaps D D are folded over they occupy approximately the same space as the back flap Bthat is, the back flap is the same size as the front flaps D D.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A coin-carrier, comprising a body portion, in the form of a single sheet having a triangular pocket for a coin at one end thereof, said coin-pocket comprising a triangular back flap having a folding connection with one end of the sheet and forming the back of said coin-pocket, and coin-retaining flaps forming the front of said coin-pocket, and adapted to fold over the coin, said retaining-flaps being triangular in shape and having their hypotenuse foldingly connected with the sides of the back flap, to form, when folded, a pocket-front corresponding in size and shape to the pocketback, the pocket being folded upon the sheet with the retaining-flaps resting against said sheet, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELLWOOD WALTER ROBERTS Witnesses:

JOSHUA KIMBER, H. G. LAwToN.

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